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Tim Lautzenheiser / John Villella / Heidi Sarver / Thom Hannum
Ed Otto / Andrew Yozviak / Rebe Jone-Williams
In Memoriam: George N. Parks
DR. TIM LAUTZENHEISER
Band Leadership Training
Tim is a well-known name in the music education world as a teacher, clinician, author, composer, conductor, consultant, and, above all, a trusted friend to anyone interested in working with young people in developing a desire for excellence. His career involves ten years of successful college band directing at Northern Michigan University, the University of Missouri, and New Mexico State University. During this time Tim developed highly acclaimed groups in all areas of the instrumental and vocal field.Following three years in the music industry, he created Attitude Concepts, Inc., an organization designed to manage the many requests for workshops, seminars, and convention speaking engagements focusing on the area of positive attitude and effective leadership training. He presently holds the Earl Dunn Distinguished Lecturer position at Ball State University. Tim also is the Executive Director of Education for Conn-Selmer, Inc.
His books, produced by G.I.A. Publications, The Art of Successful Teaching, The Joy of Inspired Teaching, Music Advocacy and Student Leadership, and Everyday Wisdom for Inspired Teaching are bestsellers in the educational world. He is also co-author of Hal Leonard's popular band method, Essential Elements.
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DR. John Villella
Band Leadership Training & Director Sessions
Dr. John Villella is the Associate Dean for the College of Visual and Performing Arts at West Chester University. During his tenure at West Chester University Dr. Villella has directed the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Concert Band, and Marching Band. His other duties have included working in the music education department as a supervisor of student teachers and instructor of instrumental methods and technique.Dr. Villella is also the President of Vivace Productions, Inc. The national leader of summer camps including Band Leadership Training and the Marching Band Workshops. He frequently serves as a guest conductor, adjudicator, guest lecturer, and director of music festivals in the United States, Canada, and Europe. In addition, he contributes a new band music review for each issue of the state music education magazine, PMEA News. His professional affiliations include membership in the National Band Association where he is the state chair, College Band Directors National Association, Music Educators National and State organizations, Phi Mu Alpha, Kappa Kappa Psi, and Tau Beta Sigma.
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George N. Parks Drum Major Academy
Heidi I. Sarver is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Delaware where she is Director of the Fightin’ Blue Hen Marching Band, co-conductor of the Symphonic Band and instructor of the Marching Band Techniques course She is also the supervisor for student teachers pursuing an undergraduate degree in music education.
Active throughput the northeast as an adjudicator, clinician and guest conductor, Ms. Sarver is best known for her work with the George N. Parks Drum Major Academy. Her contributions to DMA have spanned over 25 years. She is also an adjudicator and production assistant for the Sugar and Orange Bowls through Heritage Festivals and Bowl Games of America. In 2005 Ms. Sarver was the Assistant Director for the Bands of America Honor Band’s inaugural performance in the Tournament of Roses Parade and again in their second appearance in 2009.
In the past Ms. Sarver has performed with the Reading Buccaneers Senior Drum and Bugle Corps as a soprano soloist, music instructor and drum major. Prior to her appointment at the University of Delaware, she was a high school band director in New York, and the Assistant Director of Bands at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Heidi is a member of DMEA, MENC, CBDNA, and is currently serving as the Delaware State Chair for the National Band Association.
Marching Percussion and Director & Staff Sessions
Thom has long been regarded as one of the nation's foremost percussion arrangers, instructors, and clinicians having presented numerous seminars and workshops throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Southeast Asia. He is best known for his work with the DCI World Champion Cadets of Bergen County and Star of Indiana. Thom is a member of the design team for the Tony Award Winning show Blast! In the summer of 2001, he was selected for induction into the DCI Hall of Fame and in 2008 he was inducted into the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame.
Thom is the Associate Director of the Minuteman Marching Band and the Director of the Marimba Ensemble program at the University of Massachusetts. He is a product consultant and clinician for the Avedis Zildjian Cymbal Company, Evans Drum Heads, the Pearl Corporation, and Vic Firth Sticks & Mallets where he has developed several Signature Series drumsticks and keyboard mallets. Thom is an active member of the Percussive Arts Society where he serves on the Marching Percussion Committee.
Thom Hannum is the founder and director of his Mobile Percussion Seminar which offers clinic and workshop programs for high schools and colleges of all ability levels.
Thom Hannum is the founder and director of his Mobile Percussion Seminar which offers clinic and workshop programs for high schools and colleges of all ability levels.
Will's record as a published author includes over 400 publications to his credit through Charter Publications, Jenson Publications, Educational Programs Publications, Meriditth Music Publications, and the Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. Additionally, his articles and reviews have appeared in some of the leading music journals.Will studied timpani and orchestral repertoire with Fred D. hinger, legendary timpanist for the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He also performed as Principal Timpanist of the Allentown Symphony Orchestra for 15 years. He currently serves as conductor of the Reading Pops Orchestra, and Chair of the Music Department at Kutztown University. He is in demand as a guest conductor of honor bands and orchestras. Will was selected as a recipient of the Kutztown University Faculty Research Award in recognition of his leadership in the field of percussion teaching, publications, and continued activity in the field.
Many of Will's marching percussion cadences, features, warm-ups, and teaching materials, including many out-of-print materials, are available at WillRapp.com.
Todd Marcocci is the President of Under the Sun Productions Inc., a production company serving the special events, marching band, and color guard industries. Over the years, Todd has served as producer, designer, choreographer, coordinator, and director for a seemingly endless number of events and groups, including: Daytona 500 Pre-Race Show; In Philadelphia - World Series Celebration Parade; 6 ABC Thanksgiving Day Parade, and July 4th Parade; In Washington D.C. - National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade, National Memorial Day Parade, and National Independence Day Parade; Chicago Festival of Lights; the parade scene in the film, Lord of War, starring Nicholas Cage; Halftime shows for the Champs Sports Bowl, Tangerine Bowl, and Citrus Bowl; NBA All-Star Team-up Friday, and a commercial for the Snapple Corporation directed by Spike Lee.
Todd's marching band and color guard talents have also been on display around the world in over 630 choreographed performances, including: the Field of View Color Guard; Bluecoats, Crossmen, Troopers, and Reading Buccaneers Drum & Bugle Corps; and several marching bands including Kutztown University and West Chester University.
Todd is also a choreographer for Marching Show Concepts, which markets his choreography and technique instructional videos around the world.
Todd is also a choreographer for Marching Show Concepts, which markets his choreography and technique instructional videos around the world.
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DR. JILL BURLESON
Choral Leadership Training
Dr. Jill Burleson is Director of Choral Music Education/Associate Director of Choral Studies at University of Northern Colorado, conducting the Women’s Glee Club and Prima Voce Vocal Chamber Ensemble, and teaching choral methods and conducting classes. Her Doctor of Arts degree is from Ball State University, where she was the Don Neuen fellowship recipient and subsequently served for three years as Associate Director of Choral Activities. She holds an MM degree (choral conducting) from Ball State and a BM degree (vocal, mus ed, magna cum laude) from Heidelberg College, with additional vocal study at Eastern Illinois University.
DR. JILL BURLESON
Choral Leadership Training
Dr. Jill Burleson is Director of Choral Music Education/Associate Director of Choral Studies at University of Northern Colorado, conducting the Women’s Glee Club and Prima Voce Vocal Chamber Ensemble, and teaching choral methods and conducting classes. Her Doctor of Arts degree is from Ball State University, where she was the Don Neuen fellowship recipient and subsequently served for three years as Associate Director of Choral Activities. She holds an MM degree (choral conducting) from Ball State and a BM degree (vocal, mus ed, magna cum laude) from Heidelberg College, with additional vocal study at Eastern Illinois University.
For nearly twenty years, Burleson has conducted choirs in the public school arena, with positions held at all grade levels. She has served on the Indiana and Colorado ACDA boards, on the Central Division ACDA Board, and has served on the National Collegiate Choral Organization board. She is currently on the Colorado ICDA Board as Women’s Choir Representative and was on the planning board for the Southwest ACDA 2010 Conference. Dr. Burleson has frequently judged All State Choir auditions and has served as festival clinician in the West and Midwest with Music in the Parks. She has chaired committees for development of repertoire lists for Indiana state choral festivals and has presented to MENC in Indiana and Colorado, College Music Society National Convention, the Festival 500 International Festival, and the Villa-Lobos International Festival. Her research on the Sacred Choral Music of Villa- Lobos was recently published as a feature article in the Choral Journal. She has conducted international concert tours that have included performances in Prague, Eisenach, Vienna, Budapest, London, and Paris.
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RANDY GILMORE
Director & Staff Sessions
Randy Glimore is the President/Owner of Marchiing Show Concepts, Inc. He exemplifies an expertise and standard of excellence that is well known and respected throughout the music industry. Randy has served as Assistant Marching Band Director at West Chester University, as well as ten years as a nationally recognized high school band director. Randy is an accomplished drill designer and continues to display his talents in the Marching Show Concepts collection of products and services.
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DR. CHRIS HANNING
Pit Percussion
Chris Hanning is the Director of Percussion Studies and Chair of the Applied Music Department at West Chester University. He is the principal percussionist/timpanist with the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra, timpanist with the Bach Festival Orchestra of Bethlehem, and percussionist for Philadelphia's premiere contemporary music ensemble, Relâche. He also performs with the Panyard Steel Orchestra, the West Chester Jazz Orchestra, and the Peter Paulsen Quartet.
Chris has performed on numerous recordings for NFL Films, including two Emmy Award Winning projects. Recent recordings include sound tracks for History Channel movies, My Father's Gun and Blood From a Stone, and various selections for the closing ceremony of the 2006 Super Bowl. Other recordings include a CD with legendary saxophonist David Leibman and the Manhattan Saxophone Quartet, and a CD by the M.P.H. Trio.
Chris Hanning is an artist/clinician for the Pearl/Adams Corporation, Panyard, Pro-Mark, Remo, and the Zildjian Company.
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DR. FRANK KUMOR
Student Percussion
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WAYNE MARKWORTH
Director & Staff Sessions
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ED OTTO
Director & Staff Sessions
Ed Otto is the Marching Band director at Millersville University. He has also served as band director at Oxford High School and Coatesville High School, and Assistant Marching Band Director at West Chester University. Ed has years of experience as a drill writer, having written drill for several high school and university marching bands, and drum and bugle corps.
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DREW SHANEFIELD
Director & Staff Sessions
ANDREW YOZVIAK
Student Marching Band
Andrew Yozviak is a member of the Applied Music Department at West Chester University where his primary responsibilities include conducting the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Concert Band and Chamber Winds, directing the Golden Rams Marching Band, and teaching conducting classes. Andrew has also served as Visiting Director of Bands at Susquehanna University .
As a composer, he has accepted commissions to compose and arrange music in a variety of genres. Andrew's work as an arranger has yielded more than 150 shows for some 40 high schools, eight universities, and five drum and bugle corps. His original compositions for marching band, Water, Winter Sketches and Night Visions are published by Marching Show Concepts.
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REBE JONES-WILLIAMS
Twirling
RANDY GILMORE
Director & Staff Sessions
Randy Glimore is the President/Owner of Marchiing Show Concepts, Inc. He exemplifies an expertise and standard of excellence that is well known and respected throughout the music industry. Randy has served as Assistant Marching Band Director at West Chester University, as well as ten years as a nationally recognized high school band director. Randy is an accomplished drill designer and continues to display his talents in the Marching Show Concepts collection of products and services.Back to Top
DR. CHRIS HANNING
Pit Percussion
Chris Hanning is the Director of Percussion Studies and Chair of the Applied Music Department at West Chester University. He is the principal percussionist/timpanist with the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra, timpanist with the Bach Festival Orchestra of Bethlehem, and percussionist for Philadelphia's premiere contemporary music ensemble, Relâche. He also performs with the Panyard Steel Orchestra, the West Chester Jazz Orchestra, and the Peter Paulsen Quartet.Chris has performed on numerous recordings for NFL Films, including two Emmy Award Winning projects. Recent recordings include sound tracks for History Channel movies, My Father's Gun and Blood From a Stone, and various selections for the closing ceremony of the 2006 Super Bowl. Other recordings include a CD with legendary saxophonist David Leibman and the Manhattan Saxophone Quartet, and a CD by the M.P.H. Trio.
Chris Hanning is an artist/clinician for the Pearl/Adams Corporation, Panyard, Pro-Mark, Remo, and the Zildjian Company.
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DR. FRANK KUMOR
Student Percussion
Frank Kumor is the Assistant Director of Percussion Studies at Kutztown University. As a soloist, he has performed at the Patagonia International Percussion Festival in Argentina, the Polish International Percussion Festival, and has served as Artist-In-Residence at Universities in Uruguay, Brazil, Kenya, and Spain. Nationally he has presented workshops at music educator association meetings in Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Texas, and at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention.
Frank's marching percussion activities include teaching and arranging for award winning high school and university percussion sections in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Ohio. His marching percussion compositions are published in the annual Yamaha Sounds of Summer instructional handbook.
Dr. Kumor is a artist/clinician for Paiste Cymbals, Yamaha Percussion, Remo Percussion, Mike Balter Mallets, Silver Fox Drumsticks, and Alfred Publishing Company.
Frank's marching percussion activities include teaching and arranging for award winning high school and university percussion sections in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Ohio. His marching percussion compositions are published in the annual Yamaha Sounds of Summer instructional handbook.
Dr. Kumor is a artist/clinician for Paiste Cymbals, Yamaha Percussion, Remo Percussion, Mike Balter Mallets, Silver Fox Drumsticks, and Alfred Publishing Company.
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WAYNE MARKWORTH
Director & Staff Sessions
Wayne was the Director of Bands at Centerville High School in Ohio for 35 years. During that tenure he built a total band program encompassing three concert bands, three jazz ensembles, two winter guards, two winter percussion ensembles and the marching band known nationally as "The Centerville Jazz Band".
He has taken his years of experience and knowledge and created The Dynamic Marching Band, a book that will save the young director countless hours of work and experimentation and help establish a foundation for a successful band program. The veteran band director will find new approaches and ideas to take a fresh look at old methods.
The Dynamic Marching Band is available at msconcepts.com
He has taken his years of experience and knowledge and created The Dynamic Marching Band, a book that will save the young director countless hours of work and experimentation and help establish a foundation for a successful band program. The veteran band director will find new approaches and ideas to take a fresh look at old methods.
The Dynamic Marching Band is available at msconcepts.com
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ED OTTO
Director & Staff Sessions
Ed Otto is the Marching Band director at Millersville University. He has also served as band director at Oxford High School and Coatesville High School, and Assistant Marching Band Director at West Chester University. Ed has years of experience as a drill writer, having written drill for several high school and university marching bands, and drum and bugle corps.Back to Top
DREW SHANEFIELD
Director & Staff Sessions
Drew is an instrumental music teacher for the School District of Haverford Township in Pennsylvania, a faculty member in the Department of Music and Dance at Swarthmore College, and the brass arranger for the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps.
Drew previously served as Program Coordinator for the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps, brass caption head and programming consultant for the Cavaliers, and as a brass caption head and/or arranger for the Cadets, Carolina Crown and Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps.
He is a composer and arranger for ensembles across the United States, Europe and Japan, and a frequent presenter of sessions at annual conferences across the country. Commission projects include compositions for the University of Houston, Eastern Kentucky University, Swarthmore College Jazz Ensemble, the Vivace Brass Band of Tokyo, Japan as well as numerous public school commissions.
Drew is a performing artist/clinician for Yamaha band instruments and is also an adjudicator/clinician for Bands of America/Music for All.
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Drew previously served as Program Coordinator for the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps, brass caption head and programming consultant for the Cavaliers, and as a brass caption head and/or arranger for the Cadets, Carolina Crown and Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps.
He is a composer and arranger for ensembles across the United States, Europe and Japan, and a frequent presenter of sessions at annual conferences across the country. Commission projects include compositions for the University of Houston, Eastern Kentucky University, Swarthmore College Jazz Ensemble, the Vivace Brass Band of Tokyo, Japan as well as numerous public school commissions.
Drew is a performing artist/clinician for Yamaha band instruments and is also an adjudicator/clinician for Bands of America/Music for All.
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ANDREW YOZVIAK
Student Marching Band
Andrew Yozviak is a member of the Applied Music Department at West Chester University where his primary responsibilities include conducting the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Concert Band and Chamber Winds, directing the Golden Rams Marching Band, and teaching conducting classes. Andrew has also served as Visiting Director of Bands at Susquehanna University .As a composer, he has accepted commissions to compose and arrange music in a variety of genres. Andrew's work as an arranger has yielded more than 150 shows for some 40 high schools, eight universities, and five drum and bugle corps. His original compositions for marching band, Water, Winter Sketches and Night Visions are published by Marching Show Concepts.
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REBE JONES-WILLIAMS
Twirling
Rebe is a twirling performer, teacher, adjudicator, and a member of the National Baton Twirling Association.
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IN MEMORIAM: GEORGE N. PARKS
In 1970 George Parks taught his first drum major workshop at West Chester University and founded the Drum Major Academy 4 years later. Every year over 3000 high school students have spent their summers learning from him--learning conducting, marching, teaching techniques, and learning life skills.
George had a profound impact upon the lives of everyone he touched through every thing he did. Whether it was here with the Drum Major Academy, home with his beloved UMASS Minuteman Marching Band, at a concert band festival or with the Reading Buccaneers, George brought the best out of every person who ever encountered him. The nation's foremost authority on the art of drum majoring, George was a true exemplar who brought 40 years of teaching and performing experience to the Drum Major Academy.
Although George passed away September 2010, and he is sorely missed, thousands of new drum majors continue to share in his legacy thanks to the hard work, dedication and expertise of the DMA staff.
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IN MEMORIAM: GEORGE N. PARKS
In 1970 George Parks taught his first drum major workshop at West Chester University and founded the Drum Major Academy 4 years later. Every year over 3000 high school students have spent their summers learning from him--learning conducting, marching, teaching techniques, and learning life skills.
George had a profound impact upon the lives of everyone he touched through every thing he did. Whether it was here with the Drum Major Academy, home with his beloved UMASS Minuteman Marching Band, at a concert band festival or with the Reading Buccaneers, George brought the best out of every person who ever encountered him. The nation's foremost authority on the art of drum majoring, George was a true exemplar who brought 40 years of teaching and performing experience to the Drum Major Academy.
Although George passed away September 2010, and he is sorely missed, thousands of new drum majors continue to share in his legacy thanks to the hard work, dedication and expertise of the DMA staff.
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